Life at home is so unbearable that these kids will risk their lives and face colossal challenges to escape to the United States and find safety.This book tells the true stories of five brave teens fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guinea, on their own, traveling through unknown and unfriendly places, and ultimately crossing into the US to find refuge and seek asylum. Based on extensive interviews with teen refugees, lawy...

Real-life stories from survivors of cancer and other diseases who have used the 9 key factors from the New York Times best-selling Radical Remission, with updated research and a tenth key factor revealed.Following the publication of the New York Times best-selling Radical Remission, researcher Kelly A. Turner, Ph.D., has collected hundreds of new cases of radical remissions--from cancer and now also other diseases--from across th...

Risolvere una scomparsa vecchia di decenni mette Tracy Crosswhite in una pericolosa rotta di collisione con il passato in un romanzo al cardiopalma dell'autore bestseller Robert DugoniLa detective Tracy Crosswhite ha accettato di indagare sulla scomparsa della giornalista investigativa Lisa Childress. Risolvere il suo caso irrisolto è un'ossessione per la figlia di Lisa, Anita. Così come riabilitare il nome di suo padre, uno dei principali sospettati diventato ora ...

" Peuplant son roman de personnages aussi troubles qu'attachants, l'auteur croise habilement complot politique, fanatisme religieux et drame familial. L'intrigue en est complexe, sombre, délicieusement éfficace ", Marie Rogatien, Figaro MagEn cette fin d'été, les aurores boréales du siècle ont commencé à apparaître dans le ciel de White Forest. À deux jours du pic lumineux, et alors qu'il s'apprête à réintégrer la police, Nimrod Russell voit revenir dans sa vie Jud...

Depuis les hauteurs de son chalet, le lieutenant Nimrod Russell coule des jours paisibles avec sa compagne et son fils, quand un ami de lycée refait surface dans sa vie et lui demande de retrouver sa sœur qui a disparu sans laisser de traces.De son côté, la lieutenante Tracy Bradshaw vit un véritable calvaire sous son toit, avec l’arrivée de son beau-frère qu’elle ne supporte plus. Ses seuls moments de tranquillité sont au travail où elle se porte volontaire pour enquêter sur la mo...

Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960.White Cottage, White House examines how Classical Hollywood cinema developed and deployed Irish American masculinities to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in midcentury America. Largely confined to discriminatory stereotypes during the silent era, Irish American male characters emerge ...

PRIX POLAR GÂCHETTE D'OR 2020.White Forest, petite ville côtière du sud de l'Alaska, est en émoi. Pris dans les glaces, un navire ayant disparu depuis un siècle vient d'être découvert. Les corps des marins en ont été extraits, mais une centaine d'orphelins qui étaient sur le bateau manquent au macabre décompte. C'est dans cette étrange atmosphère que débarque Alice Lewis, qui cherche sa soeur disparue. Pour l'aider, elle engage un ancien flic, devenu détective priv...

This book starts with a simple truth: Afrikan people built great civilizations long before meeting European people. Our ancestors created their own ways of thinking, learning, and living together. They built pyramids, studied the stars, and wrote down wisdom that still guides us today. This is where we begin—not as a response to anyone else, but standing on our own ground.Dr. Tracy L. Johnson takes readers on a journey through history. You will learn how ancient Greek thinkers trav...

The first book in the series that has garnered millions of readers across the globe, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn’t believe that Edmund House—a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah’s murder—is the guilty party. Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice, Tracy b...

For the past six years, Whitney Dafoe has been confined to a bedroom in the back of his parents' home, unable to walk, eat or speak. His diagnosis? The mysterious disease myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) which affects 20 million people around the world who largely suffer in silence because the condition is little known and much misunderstood.Waiting for Superman follows Whitney's father, groundbreaking geneticist Ron Davis, as he uncovers new ...

Agency and Bodily Autonomy in Systems of Care examines the ways in which humans and their bodies become enmeshed in various systems of care. Seven case studies demonstrate the ways in which people lose, negotiate, establish, or impose bodily autonomy in diverse contexts. Diverse methods and perspectives from cultural and medical anthropology, bioarchaeology and public health establish the need for advocacy and policy change to improve health outcomes by re-envisioning systems of c...

El 21 de mayo de 1980, Star Wars se volvió una verdadera saga con el lanzamiento de El Imperio Contraataca. Para honrar el cuadragésimo aniversario, cuarenta narradores recrean una escena icónica de la película a través de los ojos de un personaje secundario, desde héroes y villanos, hasta droides y criaturas de la galaxia. Desde otro punto de vista. El Imperio Contraataca reúne las contribuciones de autores de bestsellers y artistas que han marcado tendencias y son voces ...